Cut the cost of living by cutting our taxes

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Ministers seem more interested in spending money than saving it. George Osborne must change that

The first year in which wages failed to keep up with inflation was 2009. Perhaps your family made ends meet by adding to the credit card or economising on the family holiday. In 2010 perhaps you started shopping at a cheaper supermarket. Maybe in 2011 you gave up smoking and cancelled your gym membership. A mixed year for your health! What did you do in 2012 — the fourth year of the Great Squeeze? Put off urgently needed home repairs? And this year: took out an emergency loan? Borrowed from parents?